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Re: [PATCH -tip 2/4] perf probe: Fix to use symtab only if no debuginfo
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 02:59:36PM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
>> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>>> Em Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:56:24PM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
>>>> Fix perf probe to use symtab only if there is no debuginfo,
>>>> because debuginfo has more precise information than symtab.
>>>
>>> "more precise"? Wouldn't it be "more expressive", i.e. with more
>>> information (parameter list with types, return type, location of
>>> parameters, etc), because what is common to both have the same value,
>>> i.e. the function address and size.
>>
>> Indeed. debuginfo has just more information than symtab, but
>> symtab certainly provides precise information for symbol-address.
>
> I applied the patch, just replaced "more precise information" with "more
> information".
Thank you very much! :)
>
> - Arnaldo
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